Computing apparatus and information input method of the computing apparatus

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method and apparatus for classifying and storing input information based on machine learning and artificial intelligence and automatically inputting the stored information. According to an exemplary embodiment, input information is classified and stored using machine learning, an input item to which the stored input information is to be input is identified using machine learning, and the stored input information is input to the input item.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a computing apparatus, an informationinput method of the computing apparatus and a user interface forinputting information, and more particularly, to a method and apparatusfor classifying and storing input information using machine learning andautomatically inputting the stored information.

BACKGROUND ART

An artificial Intelligence (AI) system is a computer system thatimplements human-level intelligence. Unlike a conventional rule-basedsmart system, the AI system is a system that learns and judges by itselfand becomes smart. As the AI system is used more, it has a higherrecognition rate and understands a user's taste more accurately.Therefore, conventional rule-based smart systems are gradually beingreplaced by deep learning-based AI systems.

AI technology consists of machine learning (deep learning) and elementtechnologies utilizing machine learning.

The machine learning is an algorithm technology that classifies/learnscharacteristics of input data by itself. The element technologies aretechnologies that simulate functions (such as recognition and judgment)of human brain using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning.The elemental technologies are applicable in technical fields such aslinguistic understanding, visual understanding, reasoning/prediction,knowledge representation, and motion control.

Various fields in which AI technology is applied are as follows.Linguistic understanding is a technology for recognizing andapplying/processing human language/characters and includes naturallanguage processing, machine translation, dialogue system, questions andanswers, and voice recognition/synthesis. Visual understanding is atechnology for recognizing and processing an object just as human visiondoes and includes object recognition, object tracking, image search,human recognition, scene understanding, spatial understanding, and imageenhancement. Reasoning/prediction is a technology for logicallyinferring and predicting by judging information and includesknowledge/probability-based reasoning, optimization prediction,preference-based planning, and recommendation. Knowledge representationis a technology for automating human experience information intoknowledge data and includes knowledge building (datageneration/classification) and knowledge management (data utilization).Motion control is a technology for controlling the autonomous driving ofa vehicle and the motion of a robot and includes motion control(navigation, collision, driving) and operation control (behaviorcontrol).

In addition, various Internet services are being developed and providedto users. To use various Internet services, users are often required toinput information to a computing apparatus. For example, users gothrough a membership subscription procedure or a user authenticationprocedure in order to utilize various Internet services. That is, a userhas to repeatedly input information similar to the information that theuser has previously input. Therefore, there is a need for a method andapparatus that can make it easier to input information to a computingapparatus using AI technology.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Technical Problem

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus forclassifying and storing input information using machine learning.

Aspects of the present disclosure also provide a method and apparatusfor automatically inputting information by determining informationsuitable for an input item using machine learning.

However, aspects of the present disclosure are not restricted to the oneset forth herein. The above and other aspects of the present disclosurewill become more apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to whichthe present disclosure pertains by referencing the detailed descriptionof the present disclosure given below.

Solution to Problem

A computing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes: a processor; and a memory which stores oneor more operations to be executed by the processor, wherein theoperations may include: an operation of receiving input informationthrough a first user interface; an operation of outputting a second userinterface; an operation of monitoring whether an input item is includedin the second user interface using a text classification model generatedby performing machine learning; and an operation of inputting the inputinformation, which is input to the first user interface, to the inputitem when the input item is included in the second user interface.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofmonitoring whether the input item is included in the second userinterface may include: an operation of obtaining a text from a screendisplaying the second user interface; and an operation of determiningwhether the input item is included in the second user interface byidentifying a field name included in the screen based on the result ofinputting the text to the text classification model.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, in the operationof inputting the input information, the input information may bedetermined based on the identified field name, and the determined inputinformation may be input to the input item related to the identifiedfield name.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofobtaining the text may include: an operation of capturing the screen;and an operation of obtaining the text by performing image recognitionon a captured image of the screen.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofobtaining the text may include: an operation of obtaining source codewhich configures the second user interface; an operation of identifyingan annotation and an identifier included in the source code by inputtingthe source code to the text classification model: and an operation ofstoring the data set having information allocated to the identifier asthe input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofinputting the input information may include: an operation of receivinguser authentication information if authentication information matchedwith the input information exists; and an operation of inputting theinput information if the authentication information and the receiveduser authentication information match.

A computing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes: a processor; and a memory which stores oneor more operations to be executed by the processor, wherein theoperations may include: an operation of receiving input informationthrough a first user interface; an operation of storing a data set,which includes a field having the input information as a value, based onoutput data of a text classification model obtained by inputting a firsttext obtained from the first user interface to the text classificationmodel generated by performing machine learning; an operation ofoutputting a second user interface having an input item; an operation ofobtaining a second text from the second user interface; an operation ofidentifying a field name included in the second user interface byinputting the second text to the text classification model; and anoperation of automatically inputting the value of the field, whichcorresponds to the identified field name, in the data set to the inputitem corresponding to the identified field name.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofstoring the data set may include: an operation of capturing a firstscreen to which the input information has been input; an operation ofextracting the first text from a captured image of the first screen; andan operation of obtaining the input information classified by field fromthe first text as a result of inputting the first text to the textclassification model.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofstoring the data set may include: an operation of obtaining source codewhich configures the first user interface; an operation of identifyingan annotation and an identifier included in the source code by inputtingthe source code to the text classification model; and an operation ofstoring the data set having information allocated to the identifier asthe input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operationsmay further include an operation of monitoring whether the inputinformation classified as information to be stored is included in thefirst user interface using the text classification model generated byperforming machine learning, and the operation of storing the data setmay be executed when the input information is included in the first userinterface.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofstoring the data set may include: an operation of receiving userauthentication information; and an operation of matching the userauthentication information with the field and the input information andstoring the user authentication information matched with the field andthe input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the textclassification model may be obtained by downloading the result ofperforming machine learning from a server and, may output the textclassified by field when a text is input.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operation ofstoring the data set may include: an operation of displaying the outputdata of the text classification model; an operation of receiving arequest to modify the output data; and an operation of obtaining theresult of modifying the output data based on the modification request asthe input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the operationsmay further include an operation of reflecting the modification requestin the text classification model.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the field mayinclude a first field and a second field, the operation of storing thedata set may include an operation of prioritizing the first field andthe second field, and the operations may further include an operation ofdisplaying a value stored in a field having a higher priority among thefirst field and the second field.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the field mayinclude a first field and a second field, the input item may include afirst input item corresponding to the first field and a second inputitem corresponding to the second field, and the operation ofautomatically inputting the value of the field may include: an operationof selecting a first value stored in the first field of the data set;and an operation of inputting the first value to the first input item asthe first value is selected and inputting a second value stored in thesecond field to the second input item.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the input itemmay include a plurality of items, and the operations may further includean operation of, when information automatically input to one of theitems is changed, changing information input to the other items toinformation corresponding to the changed information of the item.

A computing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes: a display which displays a first userinterface having input information; and a processor which executes anoperation of extracting a first text from the first user interface usinga text classification model, wherein the display may further display theextracted first text and a user interface object for selecting whetherto store the first text.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the display mayfurther display an authentication registration user interface forreceiving authentication information if the first text includesinformation to be authenticated.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the computingapparatus may further include an input device which can receivefingerprint information, and the processor may further execute anoperation of matching the fingerprint information received through theinput device with the first text and storing the fingerprint informationmatched with the first text.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the display mayfurther display a floating icon which overlaps a screen, and thecomputing apparatus may further include: a touch sensor which is coupledto the display; and an input device which receives a touch input on aposition, where the floating icon is displayed, as a storage commandthrough the touch sensor.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the processormay determine a text extraction area in the first user interface basedon the position of the floating icon at a time when the storage commandis input and extract the first text included in the determined textextraction area.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the input devicemay receive an input for modifying the displayed first text and an inputfor selecting the user interface object, and the processor may executean operation of storing the modified first text based on the inputsreceived by the input device.

A computing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes: a display which displays a second userinterface having an input item; and a processor which determines whetherto perform an automatic input command for the input item and, whendetermining to perform the automatic input command, identifies a fieldname in the second user interface using a text classification model,wherein, when the processor performs the automatic input command, thedisplay may display the second user interface in which a value selectedbased on the field name has been input to the input item.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the processormay determine whether the item is included in the second user interfacebased on whether the field name is identified in the second userinterface and may perform the automatic input command when the inputitem is included in the second user interface.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the display mayfurther display an authentication user interface for receivingauthentication information if the identified field name is aboutinformation to be authenticated.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the computingapparatus may further include: an input device which can receivefingerprint information; and a storage which matches the identifiedfield name with the value and the fingerprint information and stores thefield name matched with the value and the fingerprint information, andthe display may display the second user interface, in which the valuehas been input to the input item, when fingerprint information receivedthrough the input device matches the fingerprint information stored inthe storage.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the display mayfurther display a floating icon which overlaps a screen, the computingapparatus may further include: a touch sensor which is coupled to thedisplay; and an input device which receives a touch input on a position,where the floating icon is displayed, through the touch sensor, and theprocessor may perform the automatic input command when the input devicereceives the touch input on the position where the floating icon isdisplayed.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the processormay determine an information input area in the second user interfacebased on the position of the floating icon at a time when the automaticstorage command is input and identify the input item included in thedetermined information input area and the field name corresponding tothe input item.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the second userinterface may include a first input item and a second input item, andthe display may display a list of values corresponding to the firstinput item and, when an input for selecting a first value from the listof values is received through the input device, may display the seconduser interface in which the first value has been input to the firstinput item and a second value corresponding to the first value has beeninput to the second input item.

An information input method according to another exemplary embodiment ofthe present disclosure includes: receiving input information through afirst user interface; outputting a second user interface; determiningwhether an input item is included in the second user interface using atext classification model generated by performing machine learning; andinputting the input information, which is input to the first userinterface, to the input item when the input item is included in thesecond user interface.

An information input method according to another exemplary embodiment ofthe present disclosure includes: receiving input information through afirst user interface; obtaining output data of a text classificationmodel by inputting a first text obtained from the first user interfaceto the text classification model generated by performing machinelearning; storing a data set, which includes a field having the inputinformation as a value, based on the output data; displaying a seconduser interface; obtaining a second text from the second user interface;identifying a field name included in the second user interface byinputting the second text to the text classification model; andautomatically inputting the value of the field, which corresponds to theidentified field name, in the data set to an input item corresponding tothe identified field name.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the storing ofthe data set may include: capturing a first screen displaying the firstuser interface to which the input information has been input; extractingthe first text from a captured image of the first screen; and obtainingthe input information classified by field from the first text as aresult of inputting the first text to the text classification model.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, storing the dataset may include: obtaining source code which configures the first userinterface; identifying an annotation and an identifier included in thesource code by inputting the source code to the text classificationmodel; and storing the data set having information allocated to theidentifier as the input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the storing ofthe data set may include: receiving user authentication information ifthe field matched with the input information is a field to beauthenticated; and matching the user authentication information with thefield and the input information and storing the user authenticationinformation matched with the field and the input information.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the storing ofthe data set may include; displaying the output data of the textclassification model; receiving a request to modify the output data;obtaining the result of modifying the output data based on themodification request as the input information; and reflecting themodification request in the text classification model.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the field mayinclude a first field and a second field, the storing of the data setmay include prioritizing the first field and the second field, and theinformation input method may further include displaying a value storedin a field having a higher priority among the first field and the secondfield.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the field mayinclude a first field and a second field, the input item may include afirst input item corresponding to the first field and a second inputitem corresponding to the second field, and the automatically inputtingof the value of the field may include: selecting a first value stored inthe first field of the data set; and inputting the first value to thefirst input item as the first value is selected and inputting a secondvalue stored in the second field to the second input item.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the input itemmay include a plurality of items, and the information input method mayfurther include, when information automatically input to one of theitems is changed, changing information input to the other items toinformation corresponding to the changed information of the item.

A method of providing a user interface according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present disclosure includes: displaying a first userinterface having input information; receiving a storage command for theinput information; and displaying a first text extracted from the firstuser interface using a text classification model and a user interfaceobject for selecting whether to store the first text.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the method ofproviding the user interface may further include displaying anauthentication registration user interface for receiving authenticationinformation if the first text includes information to be authenticated.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the method ofproviding the user interface may further include: receiving fingerprintinformation; and matching the received fingerprint information with thefirst text and storing the fingerprint information matched with thefirst text.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, a floating iconoverlapping a screen may be further displayed in the displaying of thefirst user interface, and a touch input on a position, where thefloating icon is displayed, may be received as the storage command inthe receiving of the storage command.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the first textmay be displayed in a text extraction area determined based on theposition of the floating icon at a time when the storage command isinput.

A method of providing a user interface according to another exemplaryembodiment of the present disclosure includes: displaying a second userinterface having an input item; determining whether to perform anautomatic input command for the input item; identifying a field name inthe second user interface using a text classification model whendetermining to perform the automatic input command; and displaying thesecond user interface in which a value selected based on the field namehas been input to the input item.

According to another exemplary embodiment, the method of providing theuser interface may further include displaying an authentication userinterface for receiving authentication information if the identifiedfile name is about information to be authenticated.

According to another exemplary embodiment, a computing system mayinclude a storage which matches the identified field name with the valueand fingerprint information and stores the field name matched with thevalue and the fingerprint information, and the method of providing theuser interface may further include: receiving fingerprint information;and displaying the second user interface, to which the value has beeninput, when the received fingerprint information matches the fingerprintinformation stored in the storage.

According to another exemplary embodiment, a floating icon overlapping ascreen may be further displayed in the displaying of the second userinterface, and a touch input on a position, where the floating icon isdisplayed, may be received as the automatic storage command in receivingof the storage command.

According to another exemplary embodiment, displaying of the value mayinclude: determining an information input area in the second userinterface based on the position of the floating icon at a time when theautomatic storage command is input; and identifying the input itemincluded in the determined information input area and the field namecorresponding to the input item.

According to another exemplary embodiment, the second user interface mayinclude a first input item and a second input item, a list of valuesco-responding to the first input item may be displayed in displaying ofthe list of values, an input for selecting a first value from the listof values may be received through an input device in receiving of aninput for selecting a displayed value, and the second user interface inwhich the first value has been input to the first input item and asecond corresponding to the first value has been input to the secondinput item may be displayed in the displaying of the second userinterface to which the value has been input.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

A computing apparatus is able to easily classify and store informationinput to the computing apparatus using machine learning.

A computing apparatus is able to automatically input information bydetermining information suitable for an input item using machinelearning.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects will become apparent and more readilyappreciated from the following description of the exemplary embodiments,taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates the configuration of a system for performing aninformation input method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 illustrates a process of classifying and storing inputinformation according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 illustrates how a computing apparatus extracts a text from ascreen according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 illustrates how a computing apparatus displays a classified textaccording to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 illustrates how a computing apparatus extracts a text from ascreen according to another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 illustrates a process in which a computing apparatus extracts atext using one or more of screen capture and source code according toanother exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 illustrates a process in which a computing apparatus provides auser interface for classifying and storing input information accordingto an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 illustrates a process of registering authentication informationfor input information according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 illustrates a user interface for receiving authenticationinformation according to an exemplary embodiment:

FIG. 10 illustrates a process of storing a data set based on userfeedback on obtained input information according to an exemplaryembodiment;

FIG. 11 illustrates a user interface for receiving user feedback onobtained input information according to an exemplary embodiment:

FIG. 12 illustrates a process of automatically inputting information toinput items of a user interface according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the concept of how a computingapparatus recognizes input items of a user interface according to anexemplary embodiment;

FIG. 14 illustrates a case where a computing apparatus inputsinformation by selecting a representative field name according to anexemplary embodiment;

FIG. 15 illustrates a case where information input to one of input itemsis changed according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 16 illustrates a case where information is input using a floatingicon according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 17 illustrates a case where information is input using a floatingicon according to another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 18 illustrates the configuration of a computing apparatus accordingto an exemplary embodiment:

FIG. 19 illustrates, by function, the configuration of an inputinformation processing operation according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 20 illustrates a process in which the computing apparatus of FIG.18 creates a data set;

FIG. 21 illustrates a process in which the computing apparatus of FIG.18 identifies field names, which correspond to input items, in a userinterface having the input items and input values to the input items;

FIG. 22 illustrates the configuration of a data set according to anexemplary embodiment;

FIGS. 23 through 26 illustrate a case where information is inputaccording to another exemplary embodiment; and

FIG. 27 illustrates a case where information is input according toanother exemplary embodiment.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A computing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes: a processor; and a memory which stores oneor more operations to be executed by the processor, wherein theoperations may include: an operation of receiving input informationthrough a first user interface; an operation of outputting a second userinterface; an operation of monitoring whether an input item is includedin the second user interface using a text classification model generatedby performing machine learning; and an operation of inputting the inputinformation, which is input to the first user interface, to the inputitem when the input item is included in the second user interface.

MODE FOR THE INVENTION

Hereinaftter, exemplary exemplary embodiments of the present disclosurewill be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.Advantages and features of the present disclosure and methods ofaccomplishing the same may be understood more readily by reference tothe following detailed description of exemplary exemplary embodimentsand the accompanying drawings. The present disclosure may, however, beembodied in many different forms and should not be construed as beinglimited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, theseexemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will bethorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the presentdisclosure to those skilled in the art, and the present disclosure willonly be defined by the appended claims. Like reference numerals refer tolike elements throughout the specification.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. Itwill be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonlyused dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art andwill not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unlessexpressly so defined herein. The terminology used herein is for thepurpose of describing particular exemplary embodiments only and is notintended to be limiting of the present disclosure. As used herein, thesingular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the pluralforms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Although the present disclosure is described herein based on text as arepresentative example of input information, it can be applied to otherinput information by applying the same technical spirit. For example,the present disclosure can be applied even when the input information isan image.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will hereinafter bedescribed with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates the configuration of a system for performing aninformation input method according to an exemplary embodiment. Thesystem according to the current exemplary embodiment may include a textclassification model training apparatus 10 and one or more computingapparatuses 100 a through 100 e. The computing apparatuses 100 a through100 e may be user terminals used by users. For example, the computingapparatuses 100 a through 100 t may be wearable devices such assmartphones and smart watches or computing devices such as tablets,desktops and notebooks. The computing apparatuses 100 a through 100 emay also be server devices that provide services to user terminals.

The text classification model training apparatus 10 performs machinelearning training using training data. The text classification modeltraining apparatus 10 according to an exemplary embodiment may performmachine learning training using an artificial neural network. That is,the text classification model training apparatus 10 may generate, butnot necessarily, a classification model that can determine to whichcategory input information (e.g., text) belongs. Here, the training datamay be an example of information input by a user or an example ofannotations and identifiers used in source code. Here, the inputinformation refers to information input by a user to a computingapparatus. For example, the input information may include personalinformation input by a user to a computing apparatus, such as name,gender, age, and date of birth. In addition, the source code refers to aset of codes for configuring a user interface. For example, the sourcecode may include html source code. According to an example, the textclassification model training apparatus 10 may obtain the training databy collecting the input information or the source code.

In FIG. 1, the text classification model training apparatus 10 isillustrated as a separate element from the computing apparatuses 100 athrough 100 e. However, according to another exemplary embodiment, thetext classification model training apparatus 10 may be included in thecomputing apparatuses 100 a through 100 e. That is, the computingapparatuses 100 a through 100 e may be configured to perform machinelearning by themselves.

Machine learning training may be performed to generate a model thatdetermines whether a field name or input information exists in a text orto generate a model that not only determines whether a field name orinput information exists in a text but also classifies the field name orthe input information. Machine learning training may use various typesof algorithms that can generate a classification model, such as -gram,artificial neural network, naive bayes, and support vector machine(SVM). In an exemplary embodiment, the above types of encryptionalgorithms are divided into a plurality of different encryptionalgorithms, such as sha-256, aes-128-cbc and hmac-128, specified in theInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and International Organizationfor Standardization (ISO) standards.

The text classification model training apparatus 10 may selectivelyextract feature data from input information depending on exemplaryembodiments and perform machine learning training using the extractedfeature data.

According to an example, the text classification model trainingapparatus 10 may parse source code and generate feature data related tothe distribution of a predesignated keyword that characterizes thenature of an identifier. The keyword may be contained in an annotationor a variable name included in the source code.

The text classification model training apparatus 10 may transmit a textclassification model generated as a result of machine learning trainingto the computing apparatuses 100 a through 100 e via a network 200. Thetext classification model may include a ML parameter set that definesthe model. The text classification model training apparatus 10 mayupdate the text classification model using the training data updatedperiodically or non-periodically and transmit the updated textclassification model to the computing apparatuses 100 a through 100 c.

The computing apparatuses 100 a through 100 e may receive and store thetext classification model and store input information according topredefined settings or user settings or input the stored inputinformation to an input item.

FIG. 2 illustrates a process of classifying and storing inputinformation according to an exemplary embodiment. The processillustrated in FIG. 2 is a process of obtaining a text from a firstscreen of a first user interface to which input information has beeninput and classifying and storing the input information based on theobtained text by using a text classification model.

First, a computing apparatus may display a first screen of a first userinterface in operation S210. Here, the first user interface may causethe computing apparatus to display a screen for receiving informationfrom a user. That is, the computing apparatus may receive inputinformation through the first user interface. For example, the firstuser interface may be an execution screen or a web page of anapplication which is displayed on a display. The application may besoftware running at a user level.

Next, the computing apparatus may obtain a first text from the firstscreen in operation S220. Here, the first screen is a screen displayedon the display of the computing apparatus. In addition, the first screenmay be a screen displaying input information input by a user. Here, theinput information may be displayed in the form of text. Although anexemplary embodiment in which the input information is in the form oftext is described herein, the input information can be in a form otherthan the text form. According to an exemplary embodiment, the computingapparatus may obtain an image of the first screen by capturing the firstscreen in operation S220. The computing apparatus may extract the firsttext included in the first screen by performing image recognition on theobtained image of the first screen. Here, the first text refers to atext determined to be the input information input to the first userinterface. For example, the computing apparatus may extract a textincluded in the first screen by applying an optical characterrecognition (OCR) program to the image of the first screen.

Next, the computing apparatus may obtain output data by inputting theobtained first text to a text classification model in operation S230.Here, if the input information input by the user is detected in thefirst text, the text classification model may output at least one of theinput information in the input first text and categories of the inputinformation. The text classification model is a model generated based ontraining data about to which category a text input by a user belongs andcan determine a category to which a text is highly likely to belong.Depending on exemplary embodiments, the computing apparatus can obtain atext and input information using methods other than the above method.For example, the computing apparatus may obtain input information byobtaining source code that configures the first user interface andidentifying annotations and identifiers contained in the source code toobtain information allocated to the identifiers. In this case, the textclassification model may determine which category of information isallocated to an identifier by learning various source codes and thusdetermine that input information allocated to the identifier belongs tothe determined category.

The computing apparatus may create a data set based on the output dataof the text classification model. The data set is data having inputinformation as values of fields corresponding to categories of the inputinformation. In addition, each field of the data set may have a fieldname. According to an exemplary embodiment, one data set may be createdfor each user. For example, data in which texts “Kildong Hong,”“18082017,” “0108765421” and “Sungchon-gil Umyeon-dong, Seoul” input byone user arc values of fields having field names “name,” “date ofbirth,” “mobile phone number” and “address” may form one data set. Thecomputing apparatus may store the data set created based on the outputdata. Here, the computing apparatus may store the data set using astorage that is included in the computing apparatus but may also storethe data set in a storage (such as cloud storage) that is physicallyseparated from the computing apparatus.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus maymonitor the first user interface by periodically repeating operationsS220 and S230. While the computing apparatus is monitoring the firstuser interface, if the first text classified as a text to be stored isincluded in the first screen displaying the first user interface, thecomputing apparatus may determine to store output data (e.g., the firsttext), which is obtained by performing operation S230, in operationS240. That is, by monitoring the displayed screen using a modelgenerated through machine learning, the computing apparatus maydetermine whether to automatically store information when theinformation (e.g., the first text) to be stored is included in the firstscreen. Therefore, the computing apparatus can recognize and storeinformation to be stored by using artificial intelligence. According toan exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus may output information(e.g., the first text) to be stored through a display device, acommunication interface, or the like.

According to another exemplary embodiment, operations S220 through S240may be performed when a storage command is input to the computingapparatus. That is, when the user inputs a storage command for storinginformation displayed on the screen to the computing apparatus, thecomputing apparatus may store the information displayed on the screen.The method of receiving the storage command from the user may varydepending on exemplary embodiments. For example, a floating icon may beselected, or a voice input corresponding to the storage command may beused so as to input the storage command to the computing apparatus.

FIG. 3 illustrates how a computing apparatus extracts a text from ascreen according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the computing apparatus 100 may display a firstscreen 310 of a first user interface. The first user interfaceillustrated in FIG. 3 is a web page for receiving personal informationrequired for subscription to a web service. The computing apparatus 100may obtain an image by capturing the first screen 310. The computingapparatus 100 may extract a text 320 from the first screen 310 byapplying OCR to the captured image of the first screen 310.

The computing apparatus 100 may input the extracted text 320 to a textclassification model and thus detect that input information input by auser is “Kildong Hong,” “Sungchon-gil Umycon-dong, Seoul” and “010 876544321” in the text 320. In addition, the computing apparatus 100 maydetermine that the information input by the user belongs to categoriesof name, address and phone number based on the output of the textclassification model.

The computing apparatus 100 may display the classified inputinformation. FIG. 4 illustrates how a computing apparatus displays aclassified text according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, at the stage of storing input information, thecomputing apparatus 100 may display classified input information beforestoring the input information and display a message 400 for receivingconfirmation about the storage of the input information from a user. Themessage 400 may include a category name 410 of the classified inputinformation and input information 420. When the user inputs a storageexecution command to the computing apparatus 100 in response to themessage 400, the computing apparatus 100 may store a data set in whichthe input information 420 is stored in a field having the category name410 as a field name. The method of receiving the storage executioncommand from the user may vary depending on exemplary embodiments. Forexample, a save button 430 included in the displayed message 400 may beselected, or a voice input instructing storage execution may be used toinput the storage execution command to the computing apparatus 100.

FIG. 5 illustrates how a computing apparatus extracts a text from ascreen according to another exemplary embodiment. In particular, FIG. 5illustrates an example in which the computing apparatus obtains inputinformation using source code 520.

The computing apparatus may obtain the source code 520 that configures auser interface 510. For example, in the case of the user interface 510constructed in hypertext markup language (HTML), the computing apparatusobtain a source for implementing the web page, as illustrated in FIG. 5.

The computing apparatus may input the obtained source code to a textclassification model. Here, the text classification model may be a modelgenerated by performing machine learning on annotations and identifiersincluded in source code. For example, if a web page developer designatesan identifier for generally receiving a name as “name” and inputs a textsuch as “form required for membership subscription” to a relevantannotation, the text classification model may learn this and identify“name” as the identifier for receiving a name. By inputting source codeto the text classification model, the computing apparatus can identifyidentifiers, to which input information input by a user is allocated, inthe source code.

Then, when a user inputs input information to the computing apparatus,the computing apparatus may obtain information allocated to theidentifiers as the input information. In addition, the computingapparatus may create and store a data set based on the obtained inputinformation.

FIG. 6 illustrates a process in which a computing apparatus extracts atext using one or more of screen capture and source code according toanother exemplary embodiment.

First, in operation S610, the computing apparatus may determine whethera screen displaying a first user interface can be captured. For example,it may not be possible to capture a web page to which an anti-screencapture function has been applied.

If the screen can be captured, the computing apparatus may capture animage and perform image recognition on the captured image in operationS621. Then, in operation S622, the computing apparatus may extract atext as a result of performing the image recognition. In addition, thecomputing apparatus may identify input information in the extracted textusing a text classification model.

In addition, in operation S630, the computing apparatus may determinewhether source code for the first user interface can be obtained. Forexample, source code cannot be obtained in the case of a user interfaceconfigured by a program whose program code cannot be directlyidentified. If the source code cannot be obtained, the computingapparatus may store a data set based on the input information identifiedin the text extracted in operation S622, if the source code is obtainedin operation S630, the computing apparatus may identify annotations andidentifiers in the obtained source code in operation S641. Then, thecomputing apparatus may obtain information allocated to the identifiedidentifiers in operation S642. If the information is obtained inoperation S642, the computing apparatus may modify the text extracted inoperation S622 based on the information obtained in operation S642,construct the input information into a data set based on the modifiedtext, and store the data set. That is, the information obtained from thesource code can be used as supplementary information for increasing theaccuracy of the input information obtained from the captured image.

In addition, if the screen cannot be captured in operation S610, thecomputing apparatus may determine whether source code can be obtained inoperation S650. If the source code is obtained in operation S650, thecomputing apparatus may identify annotations and identifiers in theobtained source code in operation S661. Then, the computing apparatusmay obtain information allocated to the identified identifiers inoperation S662. In this case, the computing apparatus may store a dataset using the information allocated to the identifiers as the inputinformation in operation S663.

If neither the screen capture nor the acquisition of the source code ispossible, the computing apparatus may not perform storage of inputinformation. Depending on exemplary embodiments, the computing apparatusmay output a message informing that there is no extracted inputinformation.

FIG. 7 illustrates a process in which a computing apparatus provides auser interface for classifying and storing input information accordingto an exemplary embodiment.

First, while displaying a first screen of a first user interface inoperation S710, the computing apparatus may receive a storage command inoperation S720. Here, the storage command may be input in various ways.For example, the computing apparatus may display a floating icon suchthat the floating icon overlaps the first screen, and a user may selector click the displayed floating icon to input the storage command. Foranother example, the computing apparatus may receive a voice input for aparticular word, such as “information storage,” as the storage command.According to another exemplary embodiment, operation S720 may bereplaced by an operation of extracting a first text from the firstscreen and determining whether the first text includes information to bestored using a text classification model.

When the storage command is input in operation S720, the computingapparatus may display the first text extracted from the first screen inoperation S730. According to an exemplary embodiment, in operation S730,the computing apparatus may display not the entire text extracted fromthe first screen, but a text identified as input information from amongthe text extracted from the first screen. In addition, according to anexemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus may further display a userinterface object for selecting whether to store the displayed first textin operation S730. According to an exemplary embodiment, the userinterface object may be a soft button provided to receive a user input.For example, the computing apparatus may display the save button 430illustrated in FIG. 4.

FIG. 8 illustrates a process of registering authentication informationfor input information according to an exemplary embodiment.

First, in operation S810, a computing apparatus may create a data setbased on output data of a text classification model which is obtained byperforming operations S210 through S230 of FIG. 2. Then, the computingapparatus may determine whether information to be authenticated isincluded in the created data set in operation S820. Here, theinformation to be authenticated refers to information such as personalinformation that can be identified and used only by an authenticateduser. According to an exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus maydetermine whether the information to be authenticated is included in thedata set based on whether a field name classified as the information tobe authenticated is included in the data set. For example, the computingapparatus may input field names to the text classification model anddetermine that the information to be authenticated is included in thedata set if there exists a field name judged to belong to a ‘personalinformation’ category.

When determining that the information to be authenticated is included inthe data set, the computing apparatus may receive authenticationinformation in operation S830. Here, the authentication informationrefers to information used to authenticate a user. For example, theauthentication information may include at least one of a fingerprint,iris information, face recognition information, and a password. Inoperation S830, the computing apparatus may display a user interface forreceiving authentication information. Then, the computing apparatus maymatch the received authentication information with a field and inputinformation and store the authentication information matched with thefield and the input information in operation S840. As a result ofoperation S840, when the computing apparatus intends to automaticallyinput information to a field to be authenticated, it can output or inputthe input information after receiving authentication information ifthere is the authentication information matched and stored with thefield. If it is determined in operation S820 that the information to beauthenticated is not included in the data set, the data set may bestored without the input of authentication information in operationS850.

FIG. 9 illustrates a user interface for receiving authenticationinformation according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an example, a computing apparatus 100 may display apassword input user interface 910 for receiving a password asauthentication information, as illustrated in FIG. 9A. When storinginformation to be authenticated, a user may register a password for theinformation to be authenticated by inputting the password to thepassword input user interface 910 using a virtual keypad 920.

According to another example, the computing apparatus 100 may display amessage 930 requesting fingerprint input as illustrated in FIG. 9B. Theuser may check the message 930 and input a fingerprint through afingerprint recognizer 940 provided in the computing apparatus 100,thereby registering fingerprint information for the information to beauthenticated.

FIG. 10 illustrates a process of storing a data set based on userfeedback on obtained input information according to an exemplaryembodiment.

First, in operation S1010, a computing apparatus may obtain inputinformation by performing operations S210 through S230 of FIG. 2. Then,the computing apparatus may display the obtained input information inoperation S1020. Here, the computing apparatus may display the obtainedinput information together with the category of the input informationdetermined based on a text classification model. For example, whenidentifying that the obtained input information is “Kildong Hong” andthe category of the input information is “name,” the computing apparatusmay display “name: Kildong Hong.” In addition, in operation S1020, thecomputing apparatus may display the input information on a userinterface for receiving a request to modify the displayed inputinformation.

If the input information is modified in operation S1030 in response to auser's modification request received through the user interfacedisplaying the input information, the computing apparatus may store adata set having the input information modified at the modificationrequest as a value of a field in operation S1050. In addition, if theinput information is modified, the computing apparatus may reflect thecontent of the modification request in the text classification model inoperation S1060. According to an exemplary embodiment, the content ofthe modification request may be reflected in the text classificationmodel by changing a weight set to classify a text in the textclassification model. That is, the computing apparatus may change theweight of the text classification model to reduce the probability thatthe same classification result as the classification result before themodification will be produced for a similar text after the modification.This can increase the probability that the computing apparatus willobtain, as input information, the same result as the result ofmodification by the user in operation S1010. Here, according to anexemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus may transmit the contentof the modification request to the text classification model trainingapparatus 10 in order to reflect the content of the modification requestin the text classification model and receive the updated textclassification model from the text classification model trainingapparatus 10. If the input information is not modified in operationS1030, the computing apparatus may store a data set based on theunmodified input information in operation S1050.

FIG. 11 illustrates a user interface for receiving user feedback onobtained input information according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 11A, a computing apparatus 100 identifies thatkildong@ss.com 1100 input to an input item located near “email address”in the user interface belongs to an “address” category. Here, thecomputing apparatus 100 identifies the email address “kildong@ss.com”1100 as belonging to the “address” category due to the word “address” inthe “email address.” In this case, if a user modifies the “address” itemto “Sungchon-gil Umyeon-dong. Seoul” as illustrated in FIG. 11B, thecomputing apparatus 100 may adjust the weight of a text classificationmodel to reduce the probability that input information input near“address” word is classified into the “address” category if the word“email” exists near “address.”

FIG. 12 illustrates a process of automatically inputting information toinput items of a user interface according to an exemplary embodiment.

First, a computing apparatus may display a second screen of a seconduser interface in operation S1210. Here, the second screen includesinput items to which information can be input by a user. That is, thesecond screen may refer to a screen displaying input items to whichinformation has not yet been input by the user. In addition, the secondscreen is a screen configured by the second user interface differentfrom the first user interface mentioned in FIG. 2. For example, thefirst user interface may be a membership subscription page of a webservice, and the second user interface may be an identity verificationinformation input page of an identity verification service.

Next, the computing apparatus may obtain a second text from the secondscreen in operation S1220. Here, the second text refers to a text usedto identify the input items. Depending on exemplary embodiments, thesecond text may be replaced by another form (e.g., an image) ofinformation that can be used to identify the input items. For example,the computing apparatus may obtain the name of an input item, which isdisplayed near the input item included in the second screen, as thesecond text. The method of obtaining the second text may vary dependingon exemplary embodiments. According to an exemplary embodiment, thecomputing apparatus may capture an image of the second screen and thenextract the second text through image recognition on the captured image.

Next, in operation S1230, the computing apparatus may identify fieldnames included in the second screen based on the obtained second text.Here, the field names refer to field names included in a data set storedas a result of performing the process of FIG. 2. That is, the computingapparatus may identify whether the field names included in the data setare displayed on the second screen. For example, if the field namesincluded in the data set are name, telephone number and address and thesecond text includes name or signature, subscription screen andconfirmation, the computing apparatus may determine that the name orsignature included in the second screen is similar to the field name“name” and thus identify that the field name “name” is displayed on thesecond screen.

Next, in operation S1240, the computing apparatus may automaticallyinput values of fields, which correspond to the identified field names,into input items, near or inside of which the identified field names arcdisplayed. For example, if the text “name” is displayed near a left sideof a text box displayed on the screen and a value of a fieldcorresponding to “name” in the data set is “Kildong Hong,” the computingapparatus may automatically enter “Kildong Hong” in the text box.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus maymonitor the second user interface by periodically repeating operationsS1220 and S1230. By monitoring the second user interface, the computingapparatus may determine whether an input item to which information needsto be input is included in the second user interface. While monitoringthe second user interface, if the computing apparatus identifies a fieldname in the second screen displaying the second user interface, but nota value corresponding to the field name, it may determine that thesecond user interface has an input item to which information needs to beinput and thus perform an automatic input command (that is, performoperation S1240). That is, by monitoring the screen using a modelgenerated through machine learning, the computing apparatus maydetermine whether to automatically input information to the displayedscreen. In other words, the computing apparatus can perceive the contextin which to input information by utilizing artificial intelligence.

According to another exemplary embodiment, operations S1220 throughS1240 may be performed when an automatic input command is input to thecomputing apparatus. That is, the computing apparatus may automaticallyinput information using the stored data set in response to the user'sinput.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the concept of how a computingapparatus recognizes input items of a user interface according to anexemplary embodiment. In the example of FIG. 13, the computing apparatus100 displays a screen of a user interface 1300 including input items1321, 1322 and 1323 for receiving a name, a date of birth, and a mobilephone number from a user.

If the computing apparatus 100 has stored a data set having field names“name,” “date of birth” and “mobile phone number” by performing theprocess of FIG. 2, it may identify field names (1311, 1312 and 1313)corresponding to name 1311, date of birth 1312, and mobile phone numberin the screen 1300. Based on the identified field names, the computingapparatus may input a value of a field whose field name (1311) is “name”in the data set to the input item 1321, input a value of a field whosefield name (1312) is “date of birth” in the data set to the input item1322, and input a value of a field whose field name (1313) is “mobilephone number” in the data set to the input item 1323.

FIG. 14 illustrates a case where a computing apparatus inputsinformation by selecting a representative field name according to anexemplary embodiment. In particular, FIG. 14 illustrates a case where adata set stored by the computing apparatus includes a plurality of sets.In addition, a plurality of input items may exist in a user interface towhich information is to be input.

According to an exemplary embodiment, if a data set includes a firstfield and a second field, the computing apparatus 100 may prioritize thefields of the data set in operation S240 of FIG. 2. Then, the computingapparatus 100 may display a value stored in a field having a higherpriority among the first field and the second field. Here, theprioritization may be performed to select a value representing the dataset. For example, in a data set composed of fields “residentregistration number,” “name.” “date of birth” and “mobile phone number.”“resident registration number” may have a first priority, “name” mayhave a second priority, “date of birth” may have a fourth priority, and“mobile phone number” may have a third priority. In addition, fieldnames displayed on the screen may be “name.” “date of birth” and “mobilephone number” as illustrated in FIG. 13. In this case, the computingapparatus may determine “name” having the highest priority as arepresentative field. Alternatively, the prioritization may be performedto designate a representative field name and subfield names depending onexemplary embodiments. In this case, a field whose field name has beendesignated as the representative field name can be considered as havingthe highest priority regardless of a field name displayed on the screen.When field's priorities are designated and field names in the displayedscreen are identified, the computing apparatus 100 may display valuesstored in a high-priority field within data sets. That is, the computingapparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment may display a value,which is stored in a field having a higher priority among the firstfield and the second field, as a representative value of candidatevalues to be stored in an input item. Referring to FIG. 14, thecomputing apparatus 100 may display a list of values 1400 stored in aname field among values stored in a plurality of data sets.

In addition, if the second user interface includes a first input itemcorresponding to the first field and a second input item correspondingto the second field, when a first value of the first field is selected,a second value stored in the second field of a data set storing theselected first value may be input to the second input item. Referringagain to FIG. 14, when “Kildong Hong” is selected from the list ofvalues, the computing apparatus 100 may input the value “Kildong Hong”of the name field to an input item 1410 corresponding to the name field.In addition, the computing apparatus 100 may input a value of“18082017,” which is stored in a date of birth field of a data setstoring “Kildong Hong,” to an input item 1421 corresponding to the dateof birth field. The computing apparatus may also input a value stored ina mobile phone number field of the data set storing “Kildong Hong” to aninput item 1422.

FIG. 15 illustrates a case where information input to one of input itemsis changed according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when information input to one of aplurality of input items is changed to information stored in anotherdata set, information input to the other input items may also be changedto information corresponding to the changed information of the inputitem, that is, may be changed to information stored in the another dataset. Referring to FIG. 15, “Kildong Hong” has been input to a name inputitem 1510 displayed on a computing apparatus 100. “1808201T” has beeninput to a date of birth input item 1521, and “01087654321” has beeninput to a mobile phone number input item 1522. Here, if the inputinformation “Kildong Hong” is changed to “Sunshin Lee” as in an inputitem 1530, the computing apparatus 100 may change the information inputto the input items 1521 and 1522 to “28041545” and “01012345678.” whichare stored in a data set storing “Sunshin Lee,” as in a date of birthinput item 1541 and a mobile phone number input item 1542.

FIG. 16 illustrates a case where information is input using a floatingicon according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 16A, acomputing apparatus 100 may display a floating icon 1610 such that thefloating icon 1610 overlaps a screen displaying a user interface. Thefloating icon 1610 displayed to overlap the screen can be dragged to adifferent position by a user.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, when storing inputinformation, the computing apparatus 100 may determine the range of afirst screen from which to extract a text by using the floating icon1610. Alternatively, when storing the input information, the computingapparatus 100 may determine the range of a second screen in which toidentify field names, by using the floating icon 1610.

Referring to FIG. 16B, in a state where the floating icon 1610 isdisplayed, the computing apparatus 100 may receive a user's input forselecting the floating icon 1610. For example, the user may brieflytouch a position where the floating icon 1610 is displayed on thecomputing apparatus 1610. In this case, the computing apparatus may setan area of interest 1620 around the position where the floating icon1610 is displayed and may determine the screen displayed within the areaof interest 1620 to be the first screen or the second screen. The methodof setting the area of interest 1620 based on a designated positionwithin the screen can be implemented using a conventional method. Thecomputing apparatus 100 may obtain input information from a textdisplayed within the area of interest or may automatically inputinformation to input items displayed within the area of interest.According to an exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus 100 maydetermine the screen displayed within the area of interest 1620 to bethe first screen or the second screen using a text classification modelgenerated as a result of learning texts. For example, if a textclassified as a field name such as ‘name’ and a text classified as avalue such as ‘Sunshin Lee’ are included in the area of interest 1620,the computing apparatus 100 may determine the screen displayed withinthe area of interest 1620 to be the first screen. When determining thescreen displayed within the area of interest 1620 to be the firstscreen, the computing apparatus may perform operations S210 through S240of FIG. 2. In this case, an input for setting the area of interest 1620is a storage command. In addition, if a text classified as a field namesuch as ‘name’ exists in the area of interest 1620 but a text classifiedas a value does not exist in the area of interest 1602, the computingapparatus 100 may determine the screen displayed within the area ofinterest 1620 to be the second screen. When determining the screendisplayed within the area of interest 1620 to be the second screen, thecomputing apparatus may perform operations S1210 through S1240 of FIG.12. In this case, the input for setting the area of interest 1620 is anautomatic input command.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment, the computingapparatus 100 may determine the range of the first screen or the secondscreen using a drag input. FIG. 17 illustrates a case where informationis input using a floating icon according to another exemplaryembodiment.

According to the current exemplary embodiment, in a stale where afloating icon 1610 is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 17A, an input forselecting the floating icon may be received. Here, the input may be aninput of touching the floating icon 1610 for a long time or two timesconsecutively and then panning the touch position while keeping touchingthe floating icon 1610. Referring to FIG. 17B, when receiving an inputfor moving the floating icon 1610 from a first position 1710 to a secondposition 1720 while keeping touching the floating icon 1610, thecomputing apparatus 100 may determine an area of interest 1730, whichcan be determined based on the first position 1710 and the secondposition 1720, to be the first screen or the second screen.

The configuration and operation of a computing apparatus according toanother exemplary embodiment will now be described with reference toFIGS. 18 through 22.

In an exemplary embodiment, a computing apparatus in which an inputinformation processing operation is executed on a processor is provided.An example of the configuration of the computing apparatus according tothe current exemplary embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 18.

As used herein, the term “operation” refers to a series of instructionsbundled together based on a function and executed on a processor.

First, the configuration and operation of the computing apparatusaccording to the current exemplary embodiment will be described withreference to FIG. 18. Referring to FIG. 18, the computing apparatus 100according to the current exemplary embodiment includes a processor 101,a memory 102, and a storage 103. The computing apparatus 100 may furtherinclude an input/output interface 104 which receives user input forexecution of an application and provides output such as video/audio anda network interface 105 which is connected to a network 20. In addition,according to some other exemplary embodiments, the computing apparatus100 may further include an input/output device 106 which inputs inputinformation to the computing apparatus 100 through the input/outputinterface 104 or display a screen. A system bus BUS serves as a datatransmission/reception path between the processor 101, the memory 102,the input/output interface 104, and the storage 103. The memory 102 maybe a volatile data storage device such as a random access memory (RAM).The storage 103 may be a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory or adata storage device such as a hard disk. Alternatively, the storage 103may be a storage device (such as cloud storage) that is physicallyseparated from the computing apparatus 100.

The storage 103 may store an input information processing program 1831and a data set 1832. The input information processing program 1831 mayinclude executable codes composed of a plurality of operations forexecuting an input information processing operation. The executablecodes may be loaded and stored in the memory 102 (1822). The data set1832 may be a combination of data which has input information input by auser as a value of each field and in which a field name of each field isstored in a designated configuration as illustrated in FIG. 22.According to an exemplary embodiment, a combination of input informationassociated with each other may be stored as one data set. For example,referring to FIG. 22, input information for a user named ‘Kildong Hong’may be stored as a first data set 1832 a, and input information foranother user named ‘Sunshin Lee’ may be stored as a second data set 1832b. According to another exemplary embodiment, the data set 1832 may bestored in the form of a database.

The memory 102 loads and stores an executable code (or a binary code)stored in the storage 103. The execution code is composed of a pluralityof operations. The processor 101 fetches an operation stored in thememory 102 and executes the fetched operation (1812). The processor 101may receive an operation stored in the memory through the system busBUS.

Data related to an operating system installed in the computing apparatus100 is loaded and stored in the memory 102 when the computing apparatus100 is booted. In FIG. 18, an operating system related operation 1821loaded into the memory 102 is illustrated. The operating system relatedoperation 1821 is executed on the processor 101 (1811). The memory 102may store text classification model related data 1823 received from atext classification model training apparatus. In addition, the memory102 may load and store source code 1824 for implementing a first userinterface which has received information from a user and source code1825 for implementing a second user interface which includes input itemsto receive information from the user. The first user interface 1824 andthe second user interface 1825 may be executed by the processor 101 torespectively output a first screen and a second screen to a display 1861via the input/output interface 104.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the processor 101 of the computingapparatus 100 executes an operation of extracting a text from a userinterface to execute an input information processing operation 1822.Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 19, the input information processingoperation 1822 may include a text acquisition operation 1910. Here,detailed features of the text acquisition operation 1910 may varydepending on exemplary embodiments. For example, the text acquisitionoperation 1910 may be an operation of recognizing a text in a capturedimage of a screen or an operation of obtaining source code thatconfigures a user interface, as described above.

When storing the text extracted from the user interface, the computingapparatus may execute a data set storage operation 1920 included in theinput information processing operation 1822 illustrated in FIG. 19. Thecomputing apparatus 100 may input a text extracted from the first screento the text classification model 1823. The computing apparatus 100 mayobtain data about whether input information exists in the text and aboutcategories of the input information as output data of the textclassification model 1823. At this time, a text classifier operation1921 included in the data set storage operation 1920 may be executed.

In addition, the computing apparatus 100 may create the data set 1832,which is composed of fields having the input information as values,based on the output data of the text classification model 1823 and storethe data set 1832 in the storage 103. At this time, a data set creationoperation 1922 included in the data set storage operation 1920 may beexecuted.

Referring to FIG. 20, the computing apparatus 100 may extract a text byexecuting the text acquisition operation 1910 on a user interface screen1824-1, input the extracted text to the text classification model 1823and obtain output data by executing the text classifier operation 1921,and create a data set by executing the data set creation operation 1922on the output data.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, the processor 101 ofthe computing apparatus 100 may execute an information input operation1930 included in the input information processing operation 1822 of FIG.19 in order to perform a process of automatically inputting inputinformation stored in a data set to input items of a user interface. Thecomputing apparatus 100 may input a text obtained by executing the textacquisition operation 1910 to the text classification model. A textclassifier operation 1931 that can be executed at this time isillustrated in FIG. 19. The computing apparatus 100 may identify fieldnames of a data set corresponding to the extracted text in output dataof the text classification model. A field name identification operation1932 that can be executed at this time is illustrated in FIG. 19. Oncethe field names are identified, the computing apparatus 100 may inputvalues stored in fields having the identified field names to inputitems. A value input operation 1933 that can be executed at this time isillustrated in FIG. 19.

That is, referring to FIG. 21, the computing apparatus 100 may extract atext by executing the text acquisition operation 1910 on a userinterface screen 1825-1, input the extracted text to the textclassification model 1823 and obtain output data by executing the textclassifier operation 1931, and identify field names by executing thefieldname identification operation 1932 on the output data. In addition,the computing apparatus 100 may input values stored in fields, whichcorrespond to the identified field names, to input items by executingthe value input operation 1933.

According to another exemplary embodiment, the input informationprocessing operation 1822 may include an operation of, when storing atext extracted from the first user interface in a data set as inputinformation, registering authentication information in the user inputinformation if the input information includes information to be storedin a field that is to be authenticated. In addition, the inputinformation processing operation 1822 may include an operation of, wheninputting input information to the second user interface, receivingauthentication information and comparing the received authenticationinformation with registered authentication information before displayingthe input information to be input to the second user interface orinputting the input information to the second user interface if theregistered authentication information for the input information exists.In the current exemplary embodiment, the computing apparatus 100 mayreceive authentication information through an input device 1862 includedin the input/output device 106. Here, the input device 1862 may beconfigured differently according to the type of the authenticationinformation. For example, if the authentication information isfingerprint information, the input device 1862 may include a fingerprintreader. If the authentication information is a password, the inputdevice 1862 may include a touch screen for entering a password through atouch input on a virtual keypad.

According to another exemplary embodiment, when receiving a storagecommand or an automatic input command through the input device 1862, thecomputing apparatus 100 may store input information or input informationto input items of a user interface. As described above, the form of thestorage command or the automatic input command may vary depending onexemplary embodiments. For example, the computing apparatus 100 mayreceive the storage command or the automatic input command by receivinga touch input on a floating icon through a touch screen or by receivinga voice input through a microphone.

According to another exemplary embodiment, a first computing apparatuswhich obtains input information from the first user interface and storesa data set and a second computing apparatus which inputs the inputinformation stored in the data set to the second user interface may beprovided as separate apparatuses. In this case, the data set may bestored in cloud storage accessible by the first computing apparatus andthe second computing apparatus.

FIGS. 23 through 26 illustrate a case where a computing apparatus 100having a display inputs information according to another exemplaryembodiment. According to the exemplary embodiment, input informationextracted from a first screen and then stored may not be informationinput by a user.

Referring to FIG. 23, the computing apparatus 100 may display inputinformation on the display by running a web browser or an application.Here, the input information may include text, an image, etc. included ina page displayed on the display. When a storage command is input or whenthe computing apparatus 100 determines that information expected to bestored is included in a screen as a result of monitoring the screendisplayed on the display, the computing apparatus 100 may extract inputinformation (e.g., first text) from the first screen using a textclassification model by performing the process of FIG. 2. That is, usinga model leaned through machine learning, the computing apparatus 100 maydetermine whether the first screen or a first user interface includesinformation that needs to be stored. In addition, the computingapparatus 100 may store a data set created using the extracted inputinformation.

Referring to FIG. 24, the computing apparatus 100 may store a data set1832 c having fields of “model,” “camera,” “security” and “image” basedon the screen displayed on the computing apparatus 100 of FIG. 23.

In addition, referring to FIG. 25, the computing apparatus 100 maydisplay a second screen of a second user interface for creating adocument. Here, the second user interface may be, for example, a userinterface included in a word processor, a spreadsheet, or presentationdocument creation software that can create a document and store thecreated document as a file. For another example, the second userinterface may be a post creation page displayed on a web browser tocreate a post to be uploaded to a web page.

When receiving an automatic input command while displaying the secondscreen, the computing apparatus 100 may input the information includedin the data set to input items. Alternatively, the computing apparatus100 may determine whether information input is necessary for the secondscreen by monitoring the displayed screen. When determining thatinformation input is necessary, the computing apparatus 100 may inputthe information included in the data set to the input items. That is,the computing apparatus 100 may determine whether the second screen is ascreen requiring information input by inputting information extractedfrom the second screen to a model generated through machine learning.Here, the model generated through the machine learning may be a modelfor determining whether a text or an image extracted from the secondscreen is information included in the screen requiring informationinput. Referring to the example of FIG. 25, the computing apparatus 100may determine that texts such as file, home, insert, word, document andlayout extracted from the screen are words highly likely to be includedin a user interface for document creation. Therefore, the computingapparatus 100 may determine that the screen displayed on the computingapparatus 100 is the screen requiring information input. In addition, ifan image obtained by capturing the screen includes an image indicating aword processor, the computing apparatus 100 may determine that thescreen is the screen requiring information input.

In addition, when determining that the displayed screen requiresinformation input, the computing apparatus 100 may determine whetherinformation to be input to input items exist in a data set. For example,when an extracted text includes ‘smartphone S8,’ the computing apparatus100 may determine that information included in the data set 1832 cillustrated in FIG. 24 is highly likely to be information to be input toan information input area 2520. In particular, when determining that theinformation included in the data set 1832 c is displayed in a titleinput area 2510, the computing apparatus 100 may give a weight to theinformation which input in the title input area 210. Therefore, thecomputing apparatus 100 may determine that the information included inthe data set 1832 c is more likely to be input to the information inputarea 2520 than when displayed in other areas.

FIG. 26 illustrates the result of inputting the information included inthe data set 1832 c of FIG. 24. When information corresponding to fieldnames or values included in the data set 1832 c is identified ininformation included in the second screen, the computing apparatus 100may input the identified information in the form of a table 610 or animage 2620 based on the data set 1832 c.

FIG. 27 illustrates a case where information is input according toanother exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 27A, a computingapparatus may create a message to be sent to a contact and display afirst screen 2711 showing a message 2720 exchanged with the contact.Here, the computing apparatus may store a first text included in themessage 2720. At this time, the computing apparatus may select a keywordincluded in the first text, match the keyword with a field name by usinga text classification model, and store the keyword in a field of a dataset. For example, the computing apparatus may store a keyword ‘Busan,’which is included in the first text, in a field whose field name is‘address.’

Referring to FIG. 27B, the computing apparatus may display a secondscreen 2712 for creating a message to be sent to another contact. Here,the computing apparatus may generate a second text using the storedfirst text. According to the current exemplary embodiment, the computingapparatus may generate the second text using information about theanother contact. The computing apparatus may collect information aboutcontacts. For example, the computing apparatus may obtain userinformation (e.g., address, etc.) of a contact from a server through amessenger application. The computing apparatus may compare the obtaineduser information with a keyword included in the first text by inputtingthe obtained user information and the keyword to a model generatedthrough machine learning. For example, if the obtained user informationhas a value of ‘Seoul’ for an ‘address’ item and the keyword included inthe first text is ‘Busan’ stored in the ‘address’ field of the data set,the computing apparatus may change ‘Busan’ included in the first text to‘Seoul’ to generate the second text. In addition, the computingapparatus may generate the second text in the context of the changedkeyword by using a natural language processing model.

Referring to FIG. 27B, the computing apparatus may display a message2730 for selecting whether to input the generated second text. When anenter button 2735 included in the message 2730 is selected, thecomputing apparatus may input a message 2740 including the second textto a text input area of the second screen 2712, as illustrated in FIG.27C.

The methods according to the exemplary embodiments described above canbe performed by the execution of a computer program implemented ascomputer-readable code. The computer program may be transmitted from afirst computing apparatus to a second computing apparatus through anetwork such as the Internet and may be installed in the secondcomputing apparatus and used in the second computing apparatus. Examplesof the first computing apparatus and the second computing apparatusinclude fixed computing apparatuses such as a server, a physical serverbelonging to a server pool for a cloud service, and a desktop PC.

The computer program may be stored in a recording medium such as aDVD-ROM or a flash memory.

While the present disclosure has been particularly shown and describedwith reference to exemplary exemplary embodiments thereof, it will beunderstood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes inform and detail may be made therein without departing from the spiritand scope of the present disclosure as defined by the following claims.The exemplary exemplary embodiments should be considered in adescriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

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 21. An electronic devicecomprising: a memory; and at least one processor configured to: obtain,via a first application, an image; control to output, on a screen of thefirst application, text obtained from the image using a machine learningmodel; based on a first user input to edit the output text, edit theoutput text; based on a second user input to store the edited text,control to store the edited text; and based on a third user input forincluding the stored text on a screen of a second application, providethe screen, including the stored text, of the second application. 22.The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the first user input includesa user input for selecting text for editing from among the output text,and a user input for editing the selected text.
 23. The electronicdevice of claim 22, further comprising: a display, wherein the at leastone processor is further configured to, based on the user input forselecting the text for editing, control the display to display the textfor editing to be distinguished from other text.
 24. The electronicdevice of claim 21, wherein the first application is an application forcreating a spreadsheet document.
 25. The electronic device of claim 21,wherein the text is obtained, for output, from the image using acombination of an optical character recognition (OCR) and the machinelearning model.
 26. A method of controlling an electronic device, themethod comprising: obtaining, via a first application, an image;controlling to output, on a screen of the first application, textobtained from the image using a machine learning model; based on a firstuser input to edit the output text, editing the output text; based on asecond user input to store the edited text, controlling to store theedited text; and based on a third user input for including the storedtext on a screen of a second application, providing the screen,including the stored text, of the second application.
 27. The method ofclaim 26, wherein the first user input includes a user input forselecting text for editing, from among the output text, and a user inputfor editing the selected text.
 28. The method of claim 27, furthercomprising: based on the user input for selecting the text for editing,controlling to display the text for editing to be distinguished fromother text.
 29. The method of claim 26, wherein the first application isan application for creating a spreadsheet document.
 30. The method ofclaim 26, wherein the text is obtained, for output, from the image usinga combination of an optical character recognition (OCR) and the machinelearning model.
 31. A non-transitory computer-readable recording mediumhaving recorded thereon instructions executable by at least oneprocessor to perform operations comprising: obtaining, via a firstapplication, an image; controlling to output, on a screen of the firstapplication, text obtained from the image using a machine learningmodel; based on a first user input to edit the output text, editing theoutput text; based on a second user input to store the edited text,controlling to store the edited text; and based on a third user inputfor including the stored text on a screen of a second application,providing the screen, including the stored text, of the secondapplication.
 32. The non-transitory computer-readable recording mediumof claim 31, wherein the first user input includes a user input forselecting text for editing, from among the output text, and a user inputfor editing the selected text.
 33. The non-transitory computer-readablerecording medium of claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise:based on the user input for selecting the text for editing, controllingto display the text for editing to be distinguished from other text. 34.The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 31,wherein the first application is an application for creating aspreadsheet document.
 35. The non-transitory computer-readable recordingmedium of claim 31, wherein the text is obtained, for output, from theimage using a combination of an optical character recognition (OCR) andthe machine learning model.